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The Lifeguard Workshop is a free online learning module with a video, curriculum, and teacher resources for middle school and high school classrooms.

The Trevor Project’s Trainings for Professionals include in-person Ally and CARE trainings designed for adults who work with youth. These trainings help counselors, educators, administrators, school nurses, and social workers discuss LGBTQ-competent suicide prevention.

About The Trevor Project

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13–24.

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As a 501(c)3 non-profit, The Trevor Project relies on the generosity of friends to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth have a safe place to turn in times of crisis.

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Education

The Lifeguard Workshop is a free online learning module with a video, curriculum, and teacher resources for middle school and high school classrooms.

The Trevor Project’s Trainings for Professionals include in-person Ally and CARE trainings designed for adults who work with youth. These trainings help counselors, educators, administrators, school nurses, and social workers discuss LGBTQ-competent suicide prevention.

About The Trevor Project

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13–24.

Blogs & Events

Donate

As a 501(c)3 non-profit, The Trevor Project relies on the generosity of friends to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth have a safe place to turn in times of crisis.

The Trevor Project is thrilled that singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson is using her creative talents to support crisis intervention and suicide prevention programs and services for LGBTQ youth by designing and selling a t-shirt with proceeds coming back to the organization. Ingrid says, “I, like many others, have been deeply affected by the divisiveness in this country, which appears to be magnified more so now than ever. I wanted to do something to help bring people together, but I didn’t know what. A few friends suggested designing a tee and donating the profits to an organization that protects people who may feel threatened in this present climate. So that’s what I did. I feel like we can all agree that this is an important time to use your heart.”

So far, Ingrid has sold more than 1,000 shirts and she sent the shirt to a number of her friends, a few of whom we are sure you’ll recognize. Check out this one minute video to see who is using their heart and supporting Trevor. Ingrid sells this “Use Your Heart” shirt via herwebsite – get yours today!

Once your “Use Your Heart” Tee arrives, tag photos of yourself wearing the shirt using #UseYourHeartTee and @UseYourHeartTee @TrevorProject on Instagram and Twitter to show your support.

The Trevor project is thrilled to be an original nonprofit founding partner of Revlon’s Love Project 2017. The campaign is based on the view that love is the foundation for a happier, more beautiful world.

The campaign previewed this week with a 30-second teaser video, featuring “Million Reasons” by Lady Gaga, and was posted exclusively on the singer’s social channels. This video will be followed by a commercial spot starring Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams and Ellen DeGeneres, that will air during The 89th Academy Awards broadcast on Sunday, February 26th. The commercial will initiate a call-to-action to help spread more love in the world, inviting anyone who is inspired by love to visit theloveproject2017.com and create custom, shareable content that symbolizes what love means to them with the hashtag #Lovein3Words. At the Trevor Project, our “love in three words” is #SavingYoungLives.

People can join the Love Project movement by visiting www.theloveproject2017.com to create their custom #Lovein3Words to post on their social channels, make a donation to Trevor and inspire others to join in, donate, and help spread the love. As the campaign unfolds, supporters will learn more ways in which they can choose love and inspire others to do the same.

“The Love Project is the beginning of a social movement which aims to inspire more love, acceptance, and caring in the world,” said Carlos Barreto, Revlon Senior Vice President Marketing. “At the heart of this campaign is the belief that all people are beautiful and that love can create a better world.”

“The Trevor Project is incredibly grateful to Revlon, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams, and most especially to our long-time supporter Ellen DeGeneres for pushing forward a movement of love and kindness, which is so vital to the positive mental health of our LGBTQ young people,” said Trevor Project interim Executive Director Steve Mendelsohn. “The expanded awareness of our services via the Love Project campaign to such wide audiences, including both LGBTQ youth and the countless people who care about them, will be instrumental in helping the Trevor Project save young LGBTQ lives and be there for them every day whenever and however they need us.”

ABOUTThe Trevor Project is the leading and only accredited national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people under the age of 25. The Trevor Project offers a suite of crisis intervention and suicide prevention programs, including TrevorLifeline, TrevorText, and TrevorChat as well as a peer-to-peer social network support for LGBTQ young people under the age of 25, TrevorSpace. Trevor also offers an education program with resources for youth-serving adults and organizations, a legislative advocacy department fighting for pro-LGBTQ legislation and against anti-LGBTQ rhetoric/policy positions, and conducts research to discover the most effective means to help young LGBTQ people in crisis and end suicide. If you or someone you know is feeling hopeless or suicidal, our highly-trained Trevor Lifeline crisis counselors are available 24/7/365 at 866.488.7386. www.TheTrevorProject.org

Until December 20th, there is an easy, FREE way to help save LGBTQ+ lives. Support The Trevor Project by sharing your photos daily in Johnson & Johnson’s Donate A Photo app.

Follow these simple steps:
1. Download the app for Android or iOS.
2. Select The Trevor Project as your cause, and share your photos with the hashtag #PictureABrighterFuture.
3. Repeat daily, and for each photo shared, Johnson & Johnson will donate to The Trevor Project!

During November, the selfies shared were eligible to be featured on our billboard in Times Square! We received thousands of photos, giving us hope in the incredible community of supporters that LGBTQ+ youth have all around the United States. Our winner was Illyana from New York City, who took a photo with us under the billboard in Times Square!

For four years, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has been an invaluable partner of The Trevor Project. They’ve produced fundraising events and provided hospitality to those who help forward our mission to end suicide among all LGBTQ youth. Kimpton’s consistent support is an extension of founder Bill Kimpton’s desire to promote crisis intervention and AIDS awareness among the LGBTQ community. We are incredibly grateful for Kimpton’s commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and for their work as a tireless champion of the LGBTQ community.

Sharing ideals of caring and compassion towards LGBTQ youth, Kimpton advances our vision for a brighter LGBTQ future. In looking back at our 2016 events, collaborating with Kimpton has allowed us to grow awareness for our lifesaving work on a national level. Thanks to Kimpton’s hosted, catered events in Miami, we’ve been especially able to build our presence in the South, where Trevor’s crisis services are most heavily utilized.

Kimpton events across the country this year have generated more than $70,000 in financial backing for our lifesaving services, and raised awareness by attracting hundreds of guests and celebrity performers like Steve Grand, Kyle Dean Massey, and Deborah Cox. These fun and celebratory events allow Trevor to build support within communities around the country, while raising vital funds for our crisis intervention services, educational programs, and advocacy work.

Kimpton’s employment programs also reinforce their belief in a brighter future for LGBTQ youth. They’ve coordinated regular employee-led outreach to the LGBTQ community and were the first hotel company to score 100 percent on the HRC Corporate Equality Index in 2004. In 2011, they received the “HRC Innovation Award for Workplace Equality” for their pioneering benefits programs, including transgender-inclusive, fully-insured employee health plans and grossed up employees’ incomes to offset taxes from domestic partner benefits. With employees involved in many facets of The Trevor Project partnership, Kimpton continues its legacy of employee-driven philanthropy.

The Trevor Project looks forward to continuing our relationship with Kimpton, and we are excited to celebrate Trevor Live with them in December. With Kimpton’s generosity and dedication to Trevor’s mission, we have partnered to spread compassion, to build community, and ultimately, to save young lives together.

As we raise awareness about the importance of self-care during National Suicide Prevention Month this September, The Trevor Project would like to extend our gratitude to Johnson & Johnson! As a proud supporter of Trevor for several years during Pride season and throughout the year, Johnson & Johnson knows the significance of self-care and is donating to help us continue our lifesaving work.

Created by the Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies, the Care With Pride™ campaign connects The Trevor Project, PFLAG, and the Family Equality Council in a unique partnership that focuses on raising awareness about the health and wellbeing of all youth, and inspires people to “pay it forward” by donating to make a difference.

All through October and for the rest of this year, you can be a part of this campaign by downloading Donate a Photo, a free app (available in Google Play for Android and in the App Store for iOS devices) from Johnson & Johnson that takes your photos and turns them into a way to do good! For every photo uploaded through Donate a Photo, Johnson & Johnson donates $1 to a non-profit partner of the supporter’s choosing.*

You can help make a difference every day through Donate a Photo in 3 simple steps:

Choose Trevor as an organization to support

Upload a picture (either from your camera roll or take one on the spot).

Share your photo on the Donate a Photo gallery.

You can also share to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to help spread the word and get your friends and family to donate as well!

In just a few minutes, you can download the app and get started. You can upload one photo a day, every day! The app also lets you see and share the impact of your actions.

We are so proud to be a part of this national partnership, alongside two LGBTQ nonprofit leaders. Visit healthyessentials.com to learn more about Care with Pride™, redeem coupons that offer $55 in savings, and give your support!

*Johnson & Johnson has curated a list of trusted causes, and you can donate a photo to one cause, once a day. Each cause will appear in the app until it reaches its goal, or the donation period ends. If the goal isn’t reached, the cause will still get a minimum donation.

The Trevor Project has been connecting with champions of LGBTQ youth across the nation as we raise awareness about our suicide prevention and crisis intervention work. In July, through our PowerON initiative, we co-hosted an event with Lost-N-Found Youth, an organization that works to end homelessness for LGBTQ youth in Atlanta. With nearly 40 percent of homeless youth who identify as LGBTQ and an estimated 650,000 homeless LGBT youth nationally, it is crucial that we show we are there for them, especially when they may struggle getting connected to resources.

Trevor’s Youth Advisory Councilmember Tom Woermer, LGBT Tech, human IT, and Straight But Not Narrow came together to help raise $3,000 dollars for PowerON so that we could provide refurbished computers and cell phones to youth and connect them to Trevor’s lifesaving services. 10 laptops and 28 solar chargers were donated at our event, with Josh Hutcherson in attendance, along with 200 folks, including Rep. Park Cannon – 58th District GA, four Atlanta City Council Members, and two Atlanta City School Board Members. According to ThinkProgress.org, “Having a phone can be the difference between sleeping in a public space, risking physical harm, and calling a trusted friend, family member, or case worker who can give you a place to stay…and 62 percent of homeless youth own a cellphone but only 40 percent have a working phone..” Learn more about why being connected to tech is crucial for the mental health and well-being of homeless LGBTQ youth in the video below.

The Trevor Project has also been lucky to connect with Miss Missouri, Erin O’ Flaherty, the first openly gay Miss America contestant, as she raises awareness about our suicide prevention efforts among the LGBTQ community in the South and beyond. Miss Missouri marched with us and YouTube star Brendan Jordan for our San Diego Pride event. It was so meaningful to the LGBTQ community there, and we thank Trevor Ambassador Joshua Coyne for organizing such an empowering event. We look forward to working with them in the future. You can check out some of our Tweets here and our first Facebook LIVE video, which got over 10K views.

You can join our fight to save young lives at our upcoming events in Miami August 28, Chicago September 16, and San Diego September 24 with Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. Thank you for being a warrior for LGBTQ youth. Showing them that they matter can help us save lives.

Throughout the month of June, from Los Angeles to New York, Trevor celebrated Pride Month across the nation, showing LGBTQ youth that their futures deserved to be supported and validated. We are so grateful to Pride Community and Outreach volunteers who have showed up to our Pride events across the United States to show LGBTQ youth that they matter. A day after the heinous mass shooting that killed 49 LGBTQ folks in Orlando, our Los Angeles staff and volunteers still bravely marched in West Hollywood’s Pride, with The Thunderman’s actress and Kid’s Choice Award Winner Kira Kosarin leading the charge. In the weeks following Orlando, our amazing staff and volunteers were also there to respond to some of our highest volume of calls, chats, and texts this year.

Even in this day and age, we are fighting to celebrate our existence as a strong, resilient LGBTQ community. Yet, we keep pushing to hold safe spaces for our young people.

As we move into July, September, and October, Trevor will continue raising awareness through tabling and proudly marching at events across San Diego, Dallas, Memphis, Castro, Atlanta, and others, working with partners like AT&T, Revlon, Twitter,Johnson & Johnson, and Macy’s.

Twitter, our Trevor 20/20 Visionary Honoree at TrevorLIVE, helped us share support of the LGBTQ community online with their emoji #LoveisLove, then opened their headquarters to our San Francisco community for our #ThisisMe fundraising event. Thanks to sponsor Revlon’s Sinful Colors #PRIDE nailpolish line, Trevor was also able to offer LGBTQ youth a chance to show their pride by expressing themselves through their own self-care, style, and beauty. AT&T’s Live Proud Activation gave LGBTQ youth an opportunity to share their moments of acceptance with the help of Trevor supporter Lisa Vanderpump, as well as explore their Pride Personalities through a live #ATTLiveProud personality quiz across Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Petersberg, San Francisco, and on social media. With Johnson & Johnson, we supported their #LoveHasNoLabels campaign, focusing on educating folks about hidden biases against the LGBTQ community.

We want to thank supporter Tyler Oakley for donating a portion of proceeds to Trevor from his LGBTQ album Pride Jams, as well as LA Weekly for featuring us as one of the best organizations to volunteer with. Our supporters, volunteers, donors, and sponsors are all champions for young LGBTQ people’s brighter futures. We hope you join us at Pride celebrations across the nation to celebrate the beautiful diversity of our community.

Right now, LGBTQ youth are seeing that they have to struggle for rights and opportunities that seem so basic, including the freedom to gather with our community for a night of relaxation and socializing, without fear. That’s why we have been beyond grateful for the Trevor supporters who have bravely stood with us to serve as pathfinders in the fight for equality at pride events, TrevorLIVE New York, and #ThisisMe in San Francisco.

A day after the tragic events in Orlando, at TrevorLIVE New York, Executive Director and CEO Abbe Land said, “As our youth grapple with their confusion, fears, hurt, and questions, it is important for them to see us, to see us celebrate who we are and for them to know we are holding our heads high and being strong. We are there to help them…and we will continue to be there for them.”

With over 690 guests and Presenting Sponsor Kevin Potter, we honored Trevor Heroes Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson, 20/20 Visionary Twitter, and Youth Innovator Cole Ray Davis, raising over $820,000 for our lifesaving work. Davis, a young trans activist who lives in rural North Carolina, reminded us about limited LGBTQ resources in the South: “Organizations like Trevor are needed because in places like Deep Run, North Carolina, it’s hard to feel like you can trust anyone…It’s encouraging to know that The Trevor Project is raising awareness about their resources in the South with their Southern Initiative, because we need it…This award represents hope for all the LGBTQ young people who don’t think they’ll ever amount to anything—the people who think they’re alone in the Bible Belt—the people who can’t find mental health support or doctors who will perform gender affirming surgeries for them—the people who can’t find anyone to talk to outside of The Trevor Project. No one is alone and The Trevor Project is always here for you.” To check out more content from TrevorLIVE, visit Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr.

A few weeks after TrevorLIVE, we continued raising awareness at Twitter’s Headquarters in San Francisco for #ThisisMe, where over 450 supporters expressed their pride on our orange runway, helped us become the third highest trending topic on Twitter, and raised over $50,000. These dollars came at a time when we have seen increased calls, chats, and texts come into our crisis services.

As performer Frenchie Davis told our followers: “We all have a social responsibility to take care of our young people…black, white, brown, transgender, bisexual, gay, straight…to care for, encourage, and inspire the young people in our communities…to encourage them and tell them that they are okay and that they are loved for who and what they are. Every three minutes, an LGBT person considers taking their own life, so the work The Trevor Project is doing is so important.”

Help us do even more by joining our Impact Circle. As our budget year comes to a close, we could really use just 10 more Impact Circle members donating $100 per month. Together, we can continue paving the way for brighter LGBTQ futures. To check out content from #ThisisMe, visit Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr. Thank you for being a part of saving young lives.

In April, we celebrated our lifesaving work with over 500 supporters at Trevor NextGen New York’s annual fundraiser, Taste of The City: Spring Fling 2016. As Ally Honoree and Grammy Award-Winning singer-songwriter Rob Thomas said, we came together to be “on the right side of history.”

We thank all of our NextGen New York Ambassadors, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and the talent who were a part of making this night possible. We are so grateful that Rob Thomas, comedian Julie Halston, DJs Avan Lava and Tygapaw, and host Braden Bradley graced our stage with their talent to help us forward our mission to end suicide for all LGBTQ youth.

We also want to thank our presenting sponsors Viacom, Kevin Potter, Absolut, as well as all our food, wine, and spirits partners who made our event truly unique.

Starting in May, The Trevor Project is joining 9,000 runners in a race across the United States. Help save young LGBTQ lives in the biggest coast-to-coast challenge in history by signing up along any of the United Relay routes.

You can be that one supportive person who can decrease a young person’s risk for suicide by 30 percent. To get involved, set up a donation page and encourage your friends and family to take part. If you are underage, differently abled, or don’t feel like racing, you can make a big difference by raising awareness, cheering us on, or donating here. If you would like a discount on signing up for the race, email [email protected] for more information. AfterShokz will be giving away free headphones through a weekly prize draw here.

To prepare for United Relay, Trevor recognizes that self-care is necessary for building endurance. As National Sleep and Nutrition Awareness Months come to an end in March, we’ve compiled some tips on how to get ready for the race.

Get Better Sleep
1. Set a routine to wake up the same time each day
2. Exercise regularly
3. Avoid naps longer than 20 minutes
4. Eat and drink lightly before bed
5. Turn off electronics and dim the lights an hour before you sleep
6. If you can’t fall asleep, try getting up, taking a walk, journaling, meditating, or turning on music

Plan Nutritious Meals
1. A few weeks leading up to the race, plan meals with lean meats like chicken or fish and/or plant-based carb foods that are in season, like vegetables, fruits, and legumes
2. A few days leading up to the race, stay away from food that is not easy to digest or may not agree with your stomach, like processed foods, fats, fried foods, dairy, or extra fiber
3. Three hours before the race, eat a breakfast of carbs and protein or energy bars
4. 30 minutes before the race, continuously sip water to stay hydrated

Whether you race with Trevor or not, we appreciate all your support and we thank you for raising awareness about United Relay!